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LOUIS GOSTIAUX Birth : 26-04-80 Married, 5 children

Current position : CNRS researcher (CRCN) at LMFA UMR5509, Ecully, France.

Education and degrees

2006 PhD at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, mention Très honorable. Title : Étude expérimentale des ondes de gravité internes en présence de topographie : émission, propagation, réflexion
2004 GEFD summer school, DAMPT Cambridge
2003 Master of Matter Science, mention Assez bien. École Normale Supérieure de Lyon // DEA Statistical Physics and Nonlinear phenomena : rank 2/18. École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
2002 Agrégation de Physique (national rank : 26). École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
2001 Maîtrise de Physique mention Bien. École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
1999 Admission at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Scientific Publications

A. Briard, B.-J. Gréa and L. Gostiaux, Harmonic to subharmonic transition of the Faradayinstability in miscible fluids, Physical Review Fluids, 044502 (2019)
A. Venaille, L. Gostiaux & J. Sommeria, A statistical mechanics approach to mixing in stratified fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 810, 554-583 (2017)
H. van Haren and L. Gostiaux, Convective mixing by internal waves in the Puerto Rico Trench, Journal of Marine Research, Volume 74, Number 3, pp. 161-173(13) (2016)
Andrea A. Cimatoribus, Hans van Haren, Louis Gostiaux, A procedure to compensate for the response drift of a large set of thermistors. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33, 1495-1508 (2016)
H. van Haren, A. A. Cimatoribus, F. Cyr, and L. Gostiaux , Insights from a 3-D temperature sensors mooring on stratified ocean turbulence, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 2016GL068032. (2016)
D. Bourgault, C. Chavanne, D. Dumont, E. Morin, P. S. Galbraith and L. Gostiaux, Le point sur les marées d’équinoxes dans l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent, Le naturaliste canadien, 140 (1) (2016)
H. van Haren and L. Gostiaux, Distinguishing turbulent overturns in high-sampling-rate moored thermistor string observations,Journal of Marine Research, 73, 1-2, 17-32 (2015)
H. van Haren, A. Cimatoribus and L. Gostiaux, Where large deep-ocean waves break,Geophysical Research Letters, GL063329 (2015)
H. van Haren, L. Gostiaux, E. Morozov and R. Tarakanov, Extremely long Kelvin-Helmholtz billow trains in the Romanche Fracture Zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 8445-8451 (2014)
A. Cimatoribus, H. van Haren and L. Gostiaux, Comparison of Ellison and Thorpe scales from Eulerian ocean temperature observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2014JC010132 (2014)
H. van Haren and L. Gostiaux, Characterizing turbulent overturns in CTD-data. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 66, 58–76 (2014)
M. Mercier, L. Gostiaux, K. Helfrich, J. Sommeria, S. Viboud, H. Didelle, S. Ghaemsaidi, T. Dauxois and T. Peacock. Large-scale, realistic laboratory modeling of M2 internal tide generation at the Luzon Strait. Geophysical Research Letters, 2013GL058064 (2013)
H. van Haren , E. Morozov , L. Gostiaux and R. Tarakanov. Convective and shear-induced turbulence in the deep Kane Gap. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2013JC009282R (2013)
de Wolf, E.; Bakker, R.; Rookhuizen, H. B.; Gostiaux, L.; Groenewegen, R.; van Haren, H.; van Heerwaarden, J.; Hillebrand, T.; Laan, M. & Smit, A. A launching vehicle for optical modules of a deep-sea neutrino telescope. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 725, 241 - 244 (2013)
J. M. Magalhaes, J. C. B. da Silva, M. Batista, L. Gostiaux, T. Gerkema,A. L. New and D. R. G. Jeans. On the detectability of internal waves by an imaging lidar. Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 40, 1–6, (2013)
L. Gostiaux and H. van Haren. Fine-structure contamination by internal waves in the Canary Basin. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C11003 (2012)
van Haren, H. & Gostiaux, L. Energy release through internal wave breaking. Oceanography, 25, 124–131 (2012)
Matthieu J. Mercier, Manikandan Mathur, Louis Gostiaux, Theo Gerkema, Jorge M. Magalhães, José C. B. Da Silva and Thierry Dauxois, Soliton generation by internal tidal beams impinging on a pycnocline: laboratory experiments, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 704 pp. 37-60 (2012)
H. van Haren and L. Gostiaux, Detailed internal wave mixing above a deep-ocean slope, Journal of Marine Research, 70(1) (2012)
Theo Gerkema and Louis Gostiaux, A brief history of the Coriolis force, Europhysics News, 43(2), 14-17 (2012)
van Haren H , Gostiaux L , Laan M , van Haren M , van Haren E , et al. Internal Wave Turbulence Near a Texel Beach. PLoS ONE 7(3): e32535. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032535 (2012)
H. Van Haren and L. Gostiaux, Large internal waves advection in very weakly stratified deep Mediterranean waters, Geophysical Research Letters, 38(L22603) (2011)
M. Mercier, D. Martinand, M. Mathur, L. Gostiaux, T. Peacock and T. Dauxois New wave generation, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 657, pp. 308–334 (2010)
H. van Haren and L. Gostiaux, A deep-ocean Kelvin-Helmholtz billow train, Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 31, L03605 (2010) GRL cover on volume 31 !
L. Gostiaux and H. van Haren, Extracting meaningful information from uncalibrated backscattered echo intensity data, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Vol. 27, No. 5, 943–949 (2010).
T. Gerkema and L. Gostiaux, Petite histoire de la force de Coriolis, Reflets de la physique, 17:18-21 (2009).
H. van Haren, M. Laan, D.-J. Buijsman, L. Gostiaux, M.G. Smit and E. Keijzer, NIOZ3: independent temperature sensors sampling yearlong data at a rate of 1 Hz, IEEE J. Ocean. Eng., 34, 315-322 (2009).
H. van Haren and L. Gostiaux, High-resolution open-ocean temperature spectra, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 114, C05005, doi:10.1029/2008JC004967 (2009).
L. Gostiaux, H. Didelle, S. Mercier et T. Dauxois, A novel internal waves generator, Experiments in fluids 42, 123 (2007).
L. Gostiaux & T. Dauxois, Laboratory experiments on the generation of internal tidal beams over steep slopes, Physics of Fluids, 19(1), 1-4 (2007).
L. Gostiaux, T. Dauxois, H. Didelle, J. Sommeria, S. Viboux, Quantitative laboratory observations of internal wave reflection on ascending slopes, Phys. Fluids 18, 056602 (2006).
L. Pastur, L. Gostiaux, U. Bortolozzo, S. Boccaletti & P.L. Ramazza, Experimental targeting and control of spatiotemporal chaos in nonlinear optics, Physical Review Letters 93(6) (2004).
L. Gostiaux & T. Dauxois, Propagation et réflexion d’ondes internes dans l’océan : le mystère de l’angle critique, Bulletin de l’Union des Physiciens 868 (2004) 25.
L. Gostiaux, H. Gayvallet & J. C. Géminard, Dynamics of a gas bubble rising through granular media, Granular Matter 4 (2002) 39.

Research Cruises

2018 (1 week) TOU18, KM3-NET prospective cruise (RV Pelagia, NIOZ-NIKHEF, Mediterranean Sea)
2018 (1 week) SILLEX18, Sill Experiment cruise (RV Coriolis, ISMER-UQAR, Saguenay Fjord, Canada)
2017 (1 week) 3D-mooring deployment at ANTARES site (RV Atalante, NIOZ/GENAVIR, Toulon, France)
2017 (1 week) SILLEX project (RV Butor, ISMER, Saguenay fjord, Québec)
2015 (2 weeks) COR1502 research cruise, (RV-Coriolis, ISMER, St Laurent esturay, Québec)
2013 (3 weeks) 64PE367 research Cruise, prospection for the KM3NET project (RV Pelagia, NIOZ-NIKHEF, Ionian Sea ).
2011 (2 weeks) M83-4 research Cruise, prospection for the KM3NET project (RV Meteor, NIOZ-NIKHEF, Ionian Sea ).
2010 (2 weeks) A.NEW Eufar project, Aircraft study of internal solitary waves (Lisbon, and portuguese coast).
2009 (4 weeks) 64PE308 research Cruise, monitoring of oceanic internal waves (RV Pelagia, NIOZ, Canary & Brasilian Basin).
2007 (6 weeks) 64PE279 research Cruise, monitoring of oceanic internal waves (RV Pelagia, NIOZ, Canary & Brasilian Basin).
2007 (4 weeks) 64PE248 research Cruise, training using the NIOZ seismic equipment (RV Pelagia, NIOZ, Gulf of Cadiz).

Collaborations

2018 (1 month) Experiments on Faraday Instability at GTT-Technigaz company, in coll. with B.-J., Gréa from CEA, GTT-Technigaz, St-Rémy les Chrevreuse
2017 (1 month) Hosting D. Bourgault (ISMER, Canada) as invited professor, École Centrale de Lyon, LMFA, Lyon
2016 (1 month) Visit invited professor Centrale Lyon, Kraig Winters, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego, USA
2015-2016 (1 year) Visit sabbatical at LMFA of Daniel Bourgault, ISMER, Canada
2015 (1 mois) Visit invited professor Centrale Lyon, Peter Diamessis, Cornell University, USA
2014 (1 month) Visit invited professor Centrale Lyon, Hans van Haren, NIOZ, Pays-Bas
2013 (1 month) Visit invited professor Centrale Lyon, Hans van Haren, NIOZ, Pays-Bas
2011 (2 weeks) Visit at the NIOZ, collaboration with Hans van Haren (NIOZ, Texel, Netherlands)
2010 (3 months) Luzon Strait Experiment : Physical model of the Luzon strait at the Coriolis Platform. T. Peacock, MIT.
2009 (1 month) Hydralab Project : Effect of rotation on internal solitary waves R Grimshaw, Loughborough University, UK
2009 (1 month) Hydralab Project Experiments on vertical motions of rotating flows over variable topography G. van Heijst, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
2009 (1 month) Hydralab Project Dynamics of planetary polar vortices: Barotropic instability and quasi-stable modes, Dr. Luca Montabone, LMD-Université Paris VI, France
2009 (2 months) Visit at the NIOZ, collaboration with Hans van Haren (NIOZ, Texel, Netherlands)
2008 (1 month) Hydralab Project Island Wakes R.Caldeira, Universidade da Madeira Campus Universitário da Penteada, Portugal
2008 (1 month) Hydralab Project Generation of interfacial solitons by internal-wave beams, T. Gerkema, Royal NIOZ, Netherlands
2007 (1 year) Post-doc at the NIOZ with Hans van Haren (NIOZ, Texel, Netherlands)
2006 (3 weeks) Preliminary study of internal tide generation by PIV in collaboration with C. Staquet and T. Gerkema (Plateforme Coriolis, LEGI, Grenoble)
2006 (4 weeks) Study of internal wave reflection in rotation by PIV (Plateforme Coriolis, LEGI, Grenoble)
2005 (6 weeks) Experimental study of internal wave reflection by PIV (Plateforme Coriolis, LEGI, Grenoble)
2003 (4 months) Control of spatio-temporal chaos in an optical feed-back loop (Instituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Florence, Italie)
2001 (3 months) Experimental study of the trapping and dynamics of gas bubbles in a granular materials (Laboratoire de physique de l’ENSL, Lyon)
2000 (2 months) SAXS study of internal structure of SBS copolymers. (Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Synchrotron, Campinas, SP, Brazil)

International Conferences

Presentations in bold were given by L. Gostiaux.

2019, Les Houches winter school Environmental fluid dynamics L. Gostiaux. Mixing efficiency in decaying stratified turbulence.
2017, IDFGA CNRS Workshop L. Gostiaux. 3D temperature measurements in a turbulent oceanic bottom boundary layer.
2017, 16th European Turbulence Conference, D. Micard, L. Gostiaux, Y. Dossmann. Experimental Investigation On Mixing In Lock-Exchange Flows.
2017, 16th European Turbulence Conference, E. Iribarne, L. Gostiaux, A. Delache and A. Venaille. Irreversible Mixing And Energetic Aspects Of Turbulent Stratified Flow.
2016 ISSF Symposium San Diego. E. Horne, A. Delache and L. Gostiaux, Energetics aspects in Direct Numerical Simulations of a turbulent stratified flow: irreversible mixing
2016 ISSF Symposium San Diego. D. Micard, Y. Dossmann, and .L. Gostiaux,Mixing Efficiency in a Lock Exchange Experiment
2016 ISSF Symposium San Diego. A. Venaille, L. Gostiaux and J. Sommeria, A statistical mechanics theory for mixing in stratified fluids
2016 ISSF Symposium San Diego. F.S. Godeferd, A. Delache, L. Gostiaux and C. Cambon, A multiscale point of view on the dynamics of stably stratified turbulence associated with geostrophic modes: simulations and model
2016 E. J. Hopfinger Symposium, L. Gostiaux, H. van Haren, A. Cimatoribus, E. Horne and A. Delache, Length scales of stratified turbulence : new insight on Thorpe displacements statistics from in situ oceanic measurements and high resolution Direct Numerical Simulations
2016 E. J. Hopfinger Symposium, A Delache, F.S. Godeferd, L. Gostiaux, C. Cambon, Isotropy restored at small scale in rotating or stratified turbulence : the role of Ozmidov and Zeman-Mory-Hopfinger scales.
2016 EGU general assembly, NIOZ high-resolution moored temperature observations: benefits and new challenges. A. Cimatoribus, L. Gostiaux, F. Cyr, and H. van Haren
2016 EGU general assembly (oral) Nonlinear reflection of internal gravity wave onto a slope. K. Raja, J Sommeria, C. Staquet, M. Leclair, N. Grisouard and L. Gostiaux
2015 Ercoftac SIG 42 (oral). Gostiaux, L. and Delache, A., Comparison of turbulent overturns between in situ emasurements and Direct Numerical Simulations.
2015 Euromech 567 (oral). Gostiaux, L. and van Haren, H., Charcterization of turbulent overturns in stratified turbulence. DAMPT, Cambridge
2014 INSU/LEFE meeting (poster). Gostiaux, L. and Achim Wirth, Gravity waves in the atmosphere and the ocean.
2014 Nonlinear effects in internal waves Conference, Cornell University, (oral, invited). Gostiaux L., Internal waves from the ocean to the lab.
2014 Ercoftac conference on turbulence and Wave-Vortex Interactions in Fluids and Plasmas (oral). Gostiaux L., Mean currents induced by reflecting internal gravity waves.
2014 EGU general assembly (poster). Gostiaux L., Van Haren H., Eddy-shape signature in Thorpe’s displacement profiles : advances in characterization of turbulent overturns.
2014 EGU general assembly (oral). Cimatoribus A., Haren H., Gostiaux L., Comparison of Ellison and Thorpe scales from Eulerian ocean temperature observations.
2014 Memorial Gabriel Chabert d’Hières and Prospective for the new Coriolis platform (oral). L. Gostiaux, Internal tide and soliton generation.
2013 Euromech 552 (oral). Gostiaux, L., Nicolas Grisouard, Matthieu Leclair and Chantal Staquet, Mean Currents Induced by Reflecting Internal Gravity Waves.
2013 14th ETC conférence (oral). A. venaille, L. Gostiaux, and J. Sommeria. Experimental observation of density fluctuations in a stably stratified turbulent fluid.
2013 EGU general assembly. Grisouard N., Leclair M., Gostiaux L., Staquet C., Wave-induced mean flow by three-dimensional internal gravity wave reflection onto a slope.
2013 EGU general assembly. Sommeria J., Bordes G., Flór J.-B., Gostiaux L. Generation of vortex lens from turbulence collapse in a stratified fluid
2013 IUTAM (oral). Grisouard, N.; Leclair, M.; Gostiaux, L. & Staquet, C. Large Scale Energy Transfer from an Internal Gravity Wave Reflecting on a Simple Slope. IUTAM Proceedings, 8, 119 - 128.
2013 Les Houches winter school (oral). Gostiaux, L. and Van Haren, H., Internal wave-driven instabilities in the oceanic bottom boundary layer.
2012 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. José Da Silva, Jorge Magalhaes, M. Batista, Louis Gostiaux, Theo Gerkema, A. L. New, The Eufar Transnational Access Project A.NEW (Airborne Observations of Nonlinear Evolution of Internal Waves Generated by Internal Tidal Beams). Munich, Germany.
2012 EGU general assembly (oral). Gostiaux, L. and Van Haren, H., A complete sketch for fine-structure contamination by internal waves. (Abstract ID 4074)
2012 EGU general assembly (poster). H. Van Haren and Louis Gostiaux. Great Meteor Seamount revisited: detailed internal wave turbulence. (Abstract ID 2950)
2012 Ocean Sciences meeting. Leclair, M.; Grisouard, N.; Gostiaux, L.; Staquet, C.; Auclair, F.; Reflexion of a Plane Wave onto a Slope and Wave-Induced Mean Flow. (Abstract ID: 12339). Salt Lake City, USA.
2012 Ocean Sciences meeting. Grisouard N., Staquet C., Gostiaux L., Auclair F., Local generation of internal solitary waves in a pycnocline. (Abstract ID: 12265). Salt Lake City, USA.
2012 Ocean Sciences meeting. Mercier M. J., Gostiaux L., Saidi S., Sommeria J., Didelle H., Viboud S., Helfrich K., Dauxois T., Peacock T. Internal Tide Generation in a large-scale Laboratory Experimental Study of the Luzon Strait. (Abstract ID: 10544). Salt Lake City, USA.
2012 Ocean Sciences meeting. Van Haren H., Gostiaux L., Detailed Internal Wave Mixing Above a Deep-Ocean Slope. (Abstract ID: 10997). Salt Lake City, USA.
2011 International Symposium on stratified flows (poster). Gostiaux, L. and Van Haren, H., Internal Waves In Layered Media : An Oceanic Case Study. In Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on stratified flows (1074). Roma, Italie.
2011 International Symposium on stratified flows (oral). Leclair, M., Grisouard, N., Gostiaux, L., Staquet, C. and Auclair, F., Reflexion Of A Plane Wave Onto A Slope And Wave-Induced Mean Flow. In Proceedings of the 7th Int. Symp. on Stratified Flow (1198). Rome, Italie.
2011 International Symposium on stratified flows (oral). Mercier, M., Peacock, T., Saidi, S., Viboud, S., Didelle, H., Gostiaux, L., et al., The Luzon Strait experiment. In Proceedings of the 7th Int. Symp. on Stratified Flows (1054). Rome, Italie.
2011 EGU general assembly (poster). M. Leclair, N. Grisouard, L. Gostiaux, F. Auclair and C. Staquet. Reflexion of a plane wave from a slope and wave-induced mean flow
2010 Turbintermed workshop (oral). Gostiaux, L. and Van Haren, H., Internal waves observation in the deep ocean : a complete sketch for fine structure contamination. Toulon, France.
2010 7th Hydralab event. (oral). L. Gostiaux, Oceanic and atmospheric studies in Transnational Access of Hydralab III. Hannover, Germany
2008 (oral, invited) 1st ESF workshop on Seismic Oceanography. Deep internal waves and vertical thermal structure affected by the passage of a Meddy in the open Canary Basin. L. Gostiaux and H. van Haren
2008 EGU general assembly (poster). Tidal fronts above Great Metor Seamount and evidence of associated sediment resuspension. H. van Haren, L. Gostiaux and M. Laan
2008 EGU general assembly (oral). Occurrence of an attractor in a laboratory experiment on internal-tide generation at a shelf break. L. Gostiaux, T. Gerkema, J. Sommeria and U. Harlander
2008 EGU general assembly (poster). Seismic oceanography using small-size seismic equipment. L. Gostiaux, H. van Haren and H. de Haas
2006 EGU general assembly (oral). Internal waves : Theory and Experiments. T. Dauxois, L. Gostiaux
2006 EGU general assembly (oral). Internal gravity waves and nonlinear processes : an experimental point of view. L. Gostiaux and T. Dauxois
2005 8eme rencontre du non-linéaire (oral). Réflexion critique d’ondes internes de gravité en fluides stratifiés, 8eme rencontre du non-linéaire. L. Gostiaux, T. Dauxois et E. Falcon

National (France) Conferences

Presentations in bold were given by L. Gostiaux.

2017 Congrès Français de Mecanique. E. Horne, A. Delache, L. Gostiaux, A. Venaille. Mélange irréversible et aspect énergétique de la turbulence stratifié.
2014 INSU/LEFE meeting (poster). Gostiaux, L. and Achim Wirth, Gravity waves in the atmosphere and the ocean.
2013 Symposium OGOA. Gostiaux L., van Haren H., Observation d’ondes inertielles profondes en Méditerranée : aspects non-traditionnels.
2013 Congrès Français de Mecanique. Gostiaux L., Venaille A., Sommeria J. Diffusion turbulente à travers une interface de densité : observations expérimentales et approche statistique.
2011 Congrès Français de Mecanique. T. Gerkema, L. Gostiaux, M. Mathur, M. Mercier, N. Grisouard, Génération de solitons dans une pycnocline par un faisceau d’une onde interne.
2009 Congrès Français de Mecanique. Gostiaux L., Van Haren H., Internal gravity waves breaking above Great Meteor Seamount.
2009 Congrès Français de Mécanique. Gostiaux L., Van Haren H., Ondes internes océaniques et couches homogènes en océan profond.
2007 Congrès Français de Mécanique. T. Dauxois and L. Gostiaux, Internal gravity waves and topography: emission, propagation and reflection
2005 FLUVISU 11 (oral). L. Gostiaux, T. Dauxois, E. Falcon and N. Garnier. Mesure quantitative de gradients de densité en fluides stratifiés bi-dimensionnels.
2005 Rencontres du nonlinéaire (oral). L. Gostiaux, T. Dauxois and E. Falcon, Réflexion critique d’ondes internes de gravité en fluides stratifiés.

Teaching

2019 Experimental training for École Centrale (32h) and Lyon 1 University (42h) students
2018 Experimental training for École Centrale (32h) and Lyon 1 University (42h) students
2015 First year project management for École Centrale de Lyon (22h) and one second year research project (10h)
2014 Experimental training for INSA students (44h), first year project management for École Centrale de Lyon (22h)
2013 Lab experiments at INSA (32 hours)
2005 Formation of tunisian physics teachers at IPEST, La Marsa, Tunisie (40 hours).
2003/2006 General physics lessons at ENS Lyon (192 hours per year).
2004/2005 Experimental demonstration in high schools (40 hours per year).
2002/2006 Weekly oral training in MP at the Lycée Les Lazaristes, Lyon.

Languages

Scientific english : read, written, spoken
Portuguese, Italian : read and spoken
Dutch, German : notions

Computer science

Language : Matlab, Python, remote data processing on clusters.
Edition : Latex ; Emacs-orgmode.
Web : Conception of websites using html, css, php & mysql.

Others

French driving license B
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